The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-23
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.


a Cotton Gin to be Added to the
Perry V>riety Works-A Pig of Many
Peculiarities Owned at Perry-Post-
Offices Within 300 Yards of Each
Other-A Kettle Drum that Went
Through the War.
GEORGIA.
North Georgia summer resorts are filling
up with visitors.
The Irwin Artillery, of Washington, will
have reunion Aug 3.
Work was begun on q new Methodist
church at Graves this week.
The pear crop is bringing hundreds of
dollars into Thomas county.
Spalding county's fruit growers have
formed horticultural society.
All tho old soldiers of Lincoln county will
have grand reunion on Aug. II.
A room for a cotton gin and press is be-
ing erected at the Perry Variety Works
jackson is to have $1,000 school house
built, which will be ready for occupancy by
January next.
F. S. Stewart a contractor, and F. L.
Winham, job printer, both old citizens Of
Atlanta, are dead.
At Zcbulon, July 81, W. II. Naples, of the
Oh NAPLES a uleu SUI
denly of congestion of the stomach.
Six of the teachers of the public school
of Athens, received their education at the
home school of Mime. and Miss Sosnowsli's
in that city.
Next Wednesday the surviving members
and friends of the Ard Georgia Regiment
will meet in annual reunion ut Ball Ground,
in Cherokee county.
w. H. Davis, one of the colored teachers
in the city schools of Athens got on a big
drunk at Tallulah and will probably lose
his position in consequence.
Large quantities of currycombs and
names are being made by the Perry Manu-
featuring Company in order that the de-
mands Of the fall trade may DO promptly
met
A negro man named Daniel Voolfolk
was found dead in a field on D. H. Cutters
farm, near Perry, last Thursday morning.
An inquest was held and it was ascertained
that he died from natural causes.
There were two petitions for post offices
at the electric shafts in TaEafcrro county.
A post office has now been started at Hill
man and one at the Electric Mound, only
about three hundred yards apart.
A negro man while seining with a white
man in the mill pond at Arnold's mill, on
Little river, in Cherokee county last Mon
day, got into water about twelve feet deep
and was drowned before he could be reecued
Wesley Van Horton, a negro who worked
at the foundry of Bowie, George a. Ter
hume, at Rome, ended his life Wednesday
afternoon by throwing himself in the Etc
wah river. There is no cause assigned for
the suicide.
a misunderstanding between Harrison
Parker and R. A. Crimson, who reside near
Millen, resulted in a collision in which Mr..
Parker used his knife and seriously cut Mr..
Brinson. The wound was painful one, but
not dangerous.
DR.. John I. Lamar, of Terrell county,
has twenty acres of corn of this years
growth which was dry enough to carry to
mill on July 4. The corn was planted the
first week in March and will turn out ten
bushels per acre.
Maria Collins, negro woman, was
brought to Dawson from the Twelfth dis
trict last Saturday and jailed for threaten
ing TO kill Mrs. Turner and burn her
houses. The woman has small baby and
it is Jail with her.
Green w. Bateman, a well-known farmer
and citizen of Pulaski county, whose wife
died month or two ago, was married
again few days ago to Mrs. Price. This
makes the fifth time that the old gentleman
has been married.
The Primitive Baptists have an interesting
eral preachers in attendance, and great good
has been accomplished. Several persons
have already Joined, and there is an in
creasing interest.
Porter, negro, who tended bar in Athens
for Lowe q Co, coming to Athens from Tai
lulah Falls, was at the head of the train rob
bers on the r. and d. railroad at Greenville,
s. c., and is now serving term in the peni
Tertiary for his crime
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son Journal office a copy of the SAVANNAH
MORNING NEWS dated Monday, July 20,
1861. 1t is filed principally with war news.
1t was published by Theodore Blois and
edited by w. T. Thompson.
The LeConte pear grows to its greatest
perfection in and around Americas. A gen
tleman selected three out of basket full
Thursday, the combined weight of which
was over two pounds, the largest weighing
fraction over twelve ounces
There is gentleman living in Wilkinson
county, by the name of Henry Mercer, who
is now in his 45th year, who says that he
has never been sworn as juror or witness
on any case, and that last week was the first
time that he ever attended court
The Misses Ida and Sophie Schaller. and
Miss Maggie Basinger, students at
Nine. Sosnowsld's, have left Athens for Glen
Falls, n. Y, where they will attend the
manning there during the holidays
George +. Brown, formerly postmaster at
Alligator, in Telfair county, was arrested
and carried TO Macon last week, on a charge
of making fraudulent returns. He had a
hearing before Commissioner Erwin, and
was bound over in the sum of $500.
A new church building is being erected
near the residence of James Bohannon. in
Pulaski county. II will be used by all de-
nominations of Christians. Mr.. Bohannon
donated the grounds and subscribed literally
toward the erection of the building.
Rev. j. II. Dixon, pastor of the Presby-
teriah church at Gainesville, is suffering so
severely from an affection of the throat
that he will be forced to suspend his minis
terisl duties, at least for awhile. His church
met a day or two ago and granted him a
months vacation.
Meagre reports Of the killing Of I.owrev
Query, by lightning at Observation-Disclosures
Tuesday, have reached Dawson. HeAwas
standing in the yard near tree at the time
of the accident. He was sixteen years old
and son of Mr.. and Mrs. j. c. Guerry, of
Chickasawhatchee.
The dry streak of country Immediately
around Watkinsville has not as vet received
any rain, and crops are badly parched.
There has not been any rain since April %
This is very small belt Of country. The
most fattering reports come from all the